| Election Name: | 2023 Portsmouth City Council election |
| Country: | Portsmouth |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Portsmouth City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Portsmouth City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | 14 out of 42 seats to Portsmouth City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Leader1: | Gerald Vernon-Jackson |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 6 (2019) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Milton |
| Seats Before1: | 17 |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seats After1: | 18 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 12,682 |
| Percentage1: | 29.3% |
| Swing1: | 0.1% |
| Leader2: | Simon Bosher |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Drayton & Farlington |
| Last Election2: | 7 (2019) |
| Seats Before2: | 13 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 8 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 8,464 |
| Percentage2: | 19.6% |
| Swing2: | 5.3% |
| Leader4: | Charlotte Gerada |
| Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat4: | Southsea Central |
| Last Election4: | 2 (2019) |
| Seats Before4: | 6 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seats After4: | 7 |
| Popular Vote4: | 11,904 |
| Percentage4: | 27.5% |
| Swing4: | 2.5% |
| Leader5: | George Madgwick |
| Party5: | Portsmouth Independent Party |
| Colour5: | D9B3FF |
| Leaders Seat5: | Paulsgrove |
| Last Election5: | did not contest |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Seats After5: | 6 |
| Seat Change5: | 3 |
| Popular Vote5: | 6,995 |
| Percentage5: | 16.2% |
| Swing5: | 16.2% |
| Map: | Map of the results |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Gerald Vernon-Jackson Liberal Democrats |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Steve Pitt Liberal Democrats |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2023 Portsmouth City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The council remained under no overall control, being led by a Liberal Democrat minority administration.[2]
Immediately after the election the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Gerald Vernon-Jackson, announced he was stepping down from the role. He was replaced at the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 2023 by Steve Pitt.[3]
The overall results were:[4]
Comparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, and for all percentage changes, is to the last time these specific seats were up for election in 2019. An asterisk indicates the incumbent councillor. The results for each ward were:[5] [6]
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1: After nominations were closed, Oulds was suspended by the Portsmouth Independents following "unacceptable" message on social media.[7]